– Covering May 13th through May 19th games –
Pitcher
Rafael De Paula, 22, RHP, A
6 IP, 11 K, 1 BB, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 HR
Notable: 23 Ks over last 2 starts (12 IP)
This is the Rafael’s De Paula’s 2nd MLPW of the season, ...
– Covering May 13th through May 19th games –
Pitcher
Rafael De Paula, 22, RHP, A
6 IP, 11 K, 1 BB, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 HR
Notable: 23 Ks over last 2 starts (12 IP)
This is the Rafael’s De Paula’s 2nd MLPW of the season, and he would have won last week if not for the performance of High-A Tampa’s Shane Greene.
De Paula’s numbers to date read like a video game: 69 K in 39.1 IP / 23 K over his last 2 starts (12 IP) / 43.4% K Rate
He leads the SAL by huge margins in K rate and K/9 (15.79), and is second in FIP (1.88).
The international free-agent signing, who had a variety of visa and age falsification issues (read here), will reportedly not be pushed quickly by the Yankees due to his lack of competitive baseball experience.
Hitter:
Peter O’Brien, 22, RHB C, A
.409/.552/.818 in 29 PA
Notable: Walked 7 times on the week
Like his teammate Rafael De Paula, Charleston’s Peter O’Brien already took home an MLPW this season and is quickly becoming another valuable Yankee catching prospect.
Drafted out of Miami (transferred there and played 1 year), O’Brien is hitting a spectacular .325/.381/.573, ranking 6th in the SAL in OPS and tied for 5th in wRC+ (164).
One level above O’Brien (2012 2nd round draft pick) is the much-hyped Gary Sanchez, and it will be interesting to watch how the Yankees handle them both, especially if O’Brien continues this hitting pace. Sanchez is two and a half years younger than O’Brien and is having a solid season at High-A Tampa (read below). Together with JR Murphy, the club has three catchers having fine MiLB campaigns.
Honorable Mentions:
Scottie Allen, 21, RHP, A+
6 IP, 7 K, 0 BB, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 HR
2.77 FIP, 8th best in the FSL
Charlie Short, 24, RHP, A+
4 IP, 6 K, 0 BB, 3 H, 0 ER
Has only allowed 1 ER in 17.2 IP between Low-A/High-A
Dietrich Enns, 22, LHP, A
5.2 IP, 7 K, 2 BB, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 HR
2012 19th round draft pick, 15.15 K/9
Jeremy Bleich, 25, LHP, AA
3.2 IP, 5 K, 0 BB, 0 H, 0 ER
Good week, but lousy 14 K / 13 BB on the season
Jose Ramirez, 23, RHP, AA
5 IP, 7 K, 1 BB, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 HR
27 K / 4 BB in 20 IP in 4 starts
Greg Bird, 20, RHB 1B, A
.333/.454/.815 in 33 PA
3 HRs on the week, first 3 HRs of the season
Jake Cave, 20, LHB CF, A
.343/.400/.563 in 35 PA
5 doubles on the week
Dante Bichette Jr, 21, RHB 3B, A
.291/.393/.542 in 28 PA
A great week in an otherwise miserable second go-around in Low-A: .191/.257/.287
Angelo Gumbs, 20, RHB 2B, A+
.350/.350/.500 in 20 PA
His first week back from injury (sprained finger)
Reymond Nunez, 22, RHB 1B, A
.286/.310/.536 in 29 PA
2 HR on the week, .300/.364/.563 on the season
Gary Sanchez, 20, RHB C, A+
.304/.400/.478 in 25 PA
.273/.351/.473 on the season
Slade Heathcott, 22, LHB CF, AA
.304/.304/.522 in 23 PA
HR and triple on week, but hitting a very disappointing .221/283/.328 to date